1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to human services; lowering age requirements 
  1.3             and variances for adult foster care license capacity, 
  1.4             with certain conditions; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.5             2000, section 245A.11, subdivision 2a. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 245A.11, 
  1.8   subdivision 2a, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 2a.  [ADULT FOSTER CARE LICENSE CAPACITY.] (a) An 
  1.10  adult foster care license holder may have a maximum license 
  1.11  capacity of five if all persons in care are age 60 55 or over 
  1.12  and do not have a serious and persistent mental illness or a 
  1.13  developmental disability.  
  1.14     (b) The commissioner may grant variances to paragraph (a) 
  1.15  to allow a foster care provider with a licensed capacity of five 
  1.16  persons to admit an individual under the age of 55 if the 
  1.17  variance complies with section 245A.04, subdivision 9, and 
  1.18  approval of the variance is recommended by the county in which 
  1.19  the licensed foster care provider is located. 
  1.20     (c) The commissioner may grant variances to this 
  1.21  subdivision paragraph (a) to allow the use of a fifth bed for 
  1.22  emergency crisis services for a person with serious and 
  1.23  persistent mental illness or a developmental disability, 
  1.24  regardless of age, provided if the variance complies with the 
  1.25  provisions in section 245A.04, subdivision 9, and approval of 
  2.1   the variance is recommended by the county in which the licensed 
  2.2   foster care provider is located. 
  2.3      Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.4      Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.